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'Major' weekend snow forecast for DC area, with more than 8 inches likely in places

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Here are the DC-area chefs and restaurants honored as James Beard semifinalists

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Washington Post seeks court order for government to return electronics seized from reporter's home

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Could driverless car service make women feel safer calling a ride in DC?

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3rd child with measles in Virginia visited health care facilities in Woodbridge, Falls Church

Virginia Wife Killing

WATCH LIVE: Defense begins making case in Banfield double murder trial

Moore’s redistricting commission recommends ‘congressional map concept’

Trump cancels tariff threat over Greenland, says NATO agreed to 'framework' of future Arctic deal

Montgomery Co. residents back 2 bills to limit how ICE operates in its borders

New study suggests the rapid construction of data centers will drive up energy bills

Sewer line collapse triggers wastewater spill into C&O Canal near Clara Barton Parkway

Trump lauds ‘tremendous’ federal workforce cuts. Good government group calls them ‘disturbing.’

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Touting affordability, Md. leaders call for end to dynamic pricing in grocery stores

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Pushing Boundaries: What changes could come as Fairfax Co. reviews school boundaries?

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Montgomery County playground reopens nearly 2 years after fire

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Taylor Swift, Kenny Loggins, members of Kiss and more get into Songwriters Hall of Fame

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Democrats win another special election to replace longtime delegate in Fairfax County

Fairfax Co. boundary changes could impact hundreds of students

Students at Bethesda high school walk out to protest ICE

How are DC-area locals reacting to National Harbor Sphere news?

Huge fire at Md. junk yard damages over 100 vehicles

Behind the scenes: Smithsonian Natural History Museum’s collection

Alexandria record store recovering after flooding

Volunteers help spruce up Langston Golf Course on MLK Day

Capital One Arena hosts highest-attended game in US women’s hockey history

Son of MLK Jr. reflects on significance of his father's message in US today

How DC physically changed during President Trump’s second term

DC holds candlelight vigil for slain Iranian protesters

Women’s hockey brings Takeover Tour to DC

DC man gets 40 years for ‘sadistic’ killing of Virginia woman

Hockey for everyone: Washington Capitals host inclusive skating day

Virginia’s largest indoor waterpark to open this year

How a Fairfax Co. dad turned a passion project into a bagel business

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‘Everyone’s living in fear’: Students at Bethesda high school walk out to protest ICE

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'Maryland is doing big things again': Gov. Moore on 'Mini-Sphere' planned for National Harbor

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Sham nonprofit shut down for raking in thousands in bogus candy sales

Federal News Network’s Industry Exchange Cyber 2026

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Virginia Wife Killing

Prosecution rests after focus on blood evidence in Banfield double murder trial

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Washingtonians say Trump 2.0 has changed DC

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Vice President JD Vance and his wife Usha Vance say they are expecting their fourth child

Justice Department Halligan

Trump-appointed prosecutor who pursued indictments against the president's foes is leaving post

A detail photo of the Definitive Treaty of Peace between the United Sates and Great Britain dated Sept. 3, 1783, also know as the Treaty of Paris, is seen during a media preview, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008, at the National Archives in Washington. The signatures of John Adams and Benjamin Franklin are seen at lower center. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

America's 'divorce papers' from Britain to tour the United States

People look at a protest art installation on the National Mall on January 19 in Washington, DC.

10-foot-tall replica of Trump’s alleged birthday message to Epstein appears on National Mall

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Prince George's Co. superintendent lays out where things are, and where they’re going

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Brooklyn Beckham accuses David and Victoria of putting branding before family and sabotaging wedding

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National Harbor Sphere revenues would 'dwarf' those from Commanders, Six Flags, Braveboy says

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Justice Department subpoenas Walz and others in immigration enforcement obstruction investigation

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Huge fire at Maryland junk yard sends black smoke into the sky

County News

Janeese Lewis George lays out priorities of DC mayor campaign: ‘Put people first’

Could driverless car service make women feel safer calling a ride in DC?

Washington Post seeks court order for government to return electronics seized from reporter’s home

Here are the DC-area chefs and restaurants honored as James Beard semifinalists

‘Major’ weekend snow forecast for DC area, with more than 8 inches likely in places

National Guard members gather near a large portrait of President Donald Trump on the Labor Department headquarters in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

How Trump reshaped DC’s relationship with the federal government

Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Michelle Reid. The Fairfax County Public Schools superintendent denied any "division-wide effort to withhold recognition," as multiple schools in her district in Virginia are under investigation for allegedly failing to give students their National Merit Scholarship recognition in a timely manner, before many students submitted college applications.

Why Fairfax County's school system is taking on its first boundary review in decades

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This out-of-the-way Smithsonian campus houses more than 150 million museum specimens

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'Make America Go Away': Pro-Greenland protesters mock Trump's MAGA slogan

'60 Minutes' airs report on Trump deportations to Salvadoran mega-prison

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Spanberger’s inauguration as Virginia’s 1st female governor

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Larry Hogan will not challenge Wes Moore in Maryland governor's race

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'West Wing' actor Timothy Busfield released from New Mexico jail pending trial

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Spanberger appoints 27 to university boards, orders study of selection process

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